Watch this: the Nokia X launch in four minutes

In the wee hours of the morning on Monday, Stephen Elop took the stage to announce the worst-kept secret in the mobile industry: Nokia is releasing a phone powered by Android. The Nokia X comes in three flavors and many more colors, with a completely different version of Android that eschews most of Google's services, and all of its aesthetic ideas, for Microsoft's.

This was a last hurrah for Nokia, probably its last major unveiling before its acquisition by Microsoft is confirmed, and it may well also be the last time many of us see the Nokia X. So for news and posterity in equal measure, take a look back at the last big, colorful splash from Nokia at Mobile World Congress 2014.


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